RAMS SQUAD SHOW: Stafford’s comeback FALLS SHORT, Darnold & Seahawks UNSTOPPABLE in NFC Championship
Michael Brockers, Gavin Carlson and Doug McKain react to the HEARTBREAKING 31-27 loss for the Los Angeles Rams vs the Seattle Seahawks and discuss Sam Darnold and Matthew Stafford’s STELLAR performances, the Rams’ secondary and special teams costing them again, and where Sean McVay and Co go from here after another disappointing playoff exit.
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48 comments
A lot of this commentary boils down to "if the Rams played even better, they would have won", which is what every losing team says every single time, but whatever, there's at least truth to it. But saying "if the Rams played even better, they would have won, therefore they SHOULD have won" is ridiculous, and that's what I'm hearing here.
Great Games this year my friend! Hope to see another bunch of great games next year! Go hawks!!
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100 percent disagree with your take on the unsportsman like conduct. If thats the Rams they are calling it on them. As a coach you dont want kids acting that way. Rules are Rules.
Series before half was killer. Corum was avg 6 ypc. Run ball on 2nd and 3rd to get 1st down run down clock and then you could have aired it out for potential points.
This lost is on McVay, he is an overrated HC, he made no adjustments on offense/defense/special teams……..X Smith muffed the previous punt and he should had been replaced as the pressure was too great for him……additionally 4th & 4 with 4:14 left in the game take the fg…….plus not challenging the incomplete pass by kupp…..
D Mac is totally correct with how we closed the 1st half……..McVay is a fraud as the HC in my opinion!!
Should have took him out after he muffed the first one. Game is too big to let that decide it
Next yr SB will be in SoFi…….I am predicting Bears at Rams in NFC Championship Game………
Thank you guys for always putting on a great show. Really enjoyed this season and watching you guys after every game made it even better.
We need to stop calling them "Special Teams." There is nothing special about them. The secondary reared their ugly heads and didn't play like they wanted to win. It seems like McVay is the coach. He is partly to blame. He didn't have enough faith in Kyren Williams to run the ball and get the 1st down. He didn't kick the field goal when he should have and the defense choked.
Completely agree with going for it on 4th. You want the ball in your MVP’s hands to take the lead, not cut it to one and pray your defense forces a 3 and out to get the ball back with enough time…which we proved we couldn’t do.
D-Mac 💯
Statistically speaking from the 3 Rams/Seahawks games, these were two ridiculously well matched teams. But the Seahawks had a knack for finding ways to win.
Nobody gives a sh** about the dirty bird sea chickens!! I hope to see them get smoked in the Super Bowl just smoked! All I want is them and their fans to go home crying. That’s my New Year’s resolution! lol
The NFC West was the best division in the NFL. 3 of the 4 teams made the playoffs. The Seahawks, the Niners, and the Rams.
Now, we all want Mathew to win MVP, right? The Superbowl is being played in an NFC stadium, therefore we all must circle the wagons and get behind (gulp) Seattle to beat the Patriots. We need to represent our division. Propell Stafford to the MVP!!!
The refs gave you a TD.
The Seahawks played a perfect game, no fumbles, no interceptions & some clutch 3rd down conversions.
We stopped a mud hole in your asses come on now you made a couple of good throws you kidding me he decimated your defense that's why we're going to the super bowl bro
is this guy a homer this game wasnt even close if woolen dont taunt its no close so give seahwks there credit seattle better team than rams easy
even game in las angels this year sam throws 4 interceeptiuons seattle still almost won game missed field goal so seattle best team all year
Rams need a OC, THERE IS TO MUCH GOING ON FOR McVay to control game management and call plays…time an time again we see it!!
They better do something about that secondary in the off-season. They got two number one draft picks. They better get it right but they’re not going anywhere next year.
Brockers played politics this entire podcast😂😂
On the positives I think the penalties where very fair. I'm happy that the penalties weren't a contributing factor to our loss. Two points stick out to me. Yes we should have run the clock out and not thrown the ball at the end of the first half. Of course, Smith dropping that ball and turning it over really put us in vulnerable position. Also I'm okay with going for it on 4th down but I think McVay just does it too often. A little more of a conservative approach on play calling may have led to a successful outcome. The other thing is Seattle played a pretty smart consistent game with no turnovers as well, so you have to hand it to them they earned the win.
The taunting penalty was bull sh*t based on the fact that those calls are subjective.
It will never be called consistently. Rams sack darnold, and dance right over him on the ground ?
Rams get a 3rd down stop run down the sideline jumping and cheering ?
It's just a ridiculous call to bail a team out on a 4th and 12 near interception and turnover of downs.
The defense and special teams has to be reshuffled. Did Jarrod Verse show up to the game? The DBs are definitely going to have to be reshuffled probably with the exception of curl and kitchens maybe Durant err body else can go in my opinion
I never really understand the “self inflicted” reasoning. Isn’t that one of the main factors which separates teams that win a championship and don’t? Championship teams don’t make self inflicted mistakes, or at least make less of them
Dmac you are right they knew they should have gotten some dbacks in the draft
They didn't calls some plays in the beginning of the game for use,it might have been a makeup call.
We need a different play caller next year.
Dmac you spot on all your remarks.
Thank you for a great show this year, going to mess listening to guys every day.
Off season we need to upgrade secondary it was terrible all season and it finally caught up with. Also special team need to be address, also another big time pass rusher wasn't enough pressure on Darnold
Seahawks didn't need a run game we couldn't stop no one in the passing game
A taunting penalty is to prevent all out brawls. If you just want to let them play then elimanate the refs.
Sending Forbes on a corner blitz was a joke.
The Rams 1st round picks should be corner and safety if not 2 corners.
Why is it when a player gets a multi year contract they play worse?
GO PATS!!
F Seattle!!
F the Seahawks!!
Hate The Seahawks!
Hate The 49ners!
Hate The Cardinals!
Thing is with the "ifs" "ands" and "buts" is thats why ya gotta earn that 1 seed. Seattle did that. So… it may be accurate that if it were in SoFi.. or IF it were a neutral site. It wasnt. And thwt came down to LOSING a game BEFORE the NFC championship. So… enough w IF… Rams blew it when they lost the game in OT to Seattle. Kissing thw 1 seed goodbye. And then thus they ended up having to play on Seattles field again because of it…
Gavin says the rams were an A- and would have won if they were perfect. But Seattle wasn’t perfect either, allowing three sacks and the woolen penalty. The mistakes cancel out
5:14 Sammy D just sclonged you
You can say this about every game, only if we had scored more points than our opponent, we would’ve won. BTW – Hawks are 7-1 on the road, not sure if they would be shaking in their boots even if the game was in LA.
Seahawks fan here. Good show fellas. Respect to your humbleness regarding the game. In true honesty in the last few years I look forward to Hawks vs 49ers, but I HATE when Seattle has to play the Rams. It's the only team that seems to give trouble to the Seahawks defense AND offense. One more thing, it's the fact that the NFC West is so tough that has made the 3 teams (Seahawks, Rams, & 49ers), among the top 5 teams in the league. Hopefully it will stay like that for a while. GO HAWKS